1954 Wichita Shockers football team
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Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Record | 9–1 (4–0 MVC) |
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Home stadium | Veterans Field |
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Wichita $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma A&M | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1954 Wichita Shockers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wichita (now known as Wichita State University) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1954 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Jack Mitchell, the team compiled a 9–1 record (4–0 against MVC opponents), won the MVC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 325 to 86.[1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 18 | Emporia State* | W 69–7 | ||||||
September 25 | Utah State* |
| W 32–7 | |||||
October 1 | 8:00 p.m. | at Drake* | W 54–6 | [2][3][4] | ||||
October 9 | Oklahoma State |
| W 22–13 | |||||
October 22 | at Denver* | L 14–27 | 15,076 | [5] | ||||
October 30 | Houston |
| W 9–7 | |||||
November 6 | North Dakota State* |
| W 59–0 | [6] | ||||
November 13 | at No. 12 Cincinnati* | W 13–0 | 20,000 | [7] | ||||
November 20 | Detroit |
| W 20–0 | [8] | ||||
November 25 | at Tulsa | W 33–19 | 8,800 | |||||
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References
- ^ "1954 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
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